Σάββατο, 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2012

TEI of Crete Pioneers in European HIPER Project

The town of Rethymno in
Crete, Greece, hosted for the second year in a row the International School of
Physics on HIPER matters under the auspices of the TEI of Crete and, more
specifically, of the Professors Michalis Tatarakis from Chania and Nektarios
Papadogiannis from Rethymno.

Dozens of postgraduate
students and PhD candidates from top European universities including young
scientists from the Department of Science of the TEI of Crete have taken part
in this pioneering programme which ended last Friday.

HiPER (High Power
Experimental Research Facility) is the first experiment designed specifically
to study the “fast ignition” approach to generating nuclear fusion, which
uses much smaller lasers than conventional designs, yet produces fusion power
outputs of about the same magnitude. The whole project is in a preparatory
phase at the moment and the TEI of Crete is in charge of the relevant
researches at European level.

Under the regular financing
by the EU, the HiPER’s preparatory phase is estimated to be over by 2013, while
from 2014 until 2030 its manufacturing phase will have been completed. The
premises housing the Project are located at the district of Tria Monastiria,
Rethymno.

Head of Erasmus Programme
and of the TEI, Dr. Michalis Tatarakis, claimed that everyone is very
optimistic over the positive results of the project. “There is scientific
evidence on the progress of the project and we hope that the Greek state will
also assist our efforts” added Mr. Tatarakis.